Designing an approach to reduce carton waste

Preventing out of stocks through a holistic supply chain management approach

MANAGEMENT SUMMARY Introduction Due to warm weather in the Netherlands in 2013, out of stocks (OOS) on several products occurred in the warehouses at Heineken. Warmer weather than usual caused a more volatile demand, leading to these OOS. An OOS at Heineken, meaning that Heineken is unable to ship an order due to insufficient stock, has negative...

Solving the Bullwhip Effect in Supply Networks by incentivizing behaviour through decentralized Forecast Accuracy Discount agreements: A simulation case study within the Supply Chain of the Technische Unie and Legrand Nederland

Current research towards solutions on the Bullwhip Effect have focused mainly on the systemic and operational causes of the Bullwhip Effect, resulting in solutions that require high levels of organizational integration, central coordination and information sharing. However, Such solutions are not always feasible within actual complex Supply...

Efficiency Analysis of a Planning Process in Chemical Industry: Improving the Planning Process of the Polyols' supply chain using Lean Six Sigma